In the television series Stargate SG-1, Selmak and Samantha Carter dialed a Stargate address to a planet with a black hole, then enveloped the Stargate in an energy shield and dropped it into a sun. The black hole's gravity sucked enough stellar matter away from the core of the star to weaken its gravity and cause it to go supernova.

In the Culture series by Iain M. Banks, Culture ships are capable of inducing stars into supernovae, though exactly how they achieve this is unknown.

In Doctor Who several episodes mention supernova weapons. In the Colony in Space an alien civilization developed a laser-like weapon that detonates stars, causing them to "go Supernova". In the episode Remembrance of the Daleks a Time Lord remote stellar manipulator also known as the Hand of Omega was used to destroy a star

In M. A. Foster's Book of the Ler, the normally pacifistic Ler have a weapon that can cause a star to go nova. It is, however, only used in the most extreme of cases, and was never used within the narrative.

The Blackstone Fortresses in the background to Warhammer 40,000 have the ability to cause a star to go supernova.